Last weekend, a Writers Festival was held in Christchurch. The earthquakes of 2010 meant that the festival was cancelled that year so people have waited a long time for this event. The various sessions were held in the Geo Dome in Hagley Park and the

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Lonely Planet, a popular tourist guide book, put Christchurch at number six in their list of the top 10 cities in the world for 2013. Number one is San Francisco. No other New Zealand city was on the list. Christchurch has had many big and small eart

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Lianne Dalziel today announced that she was a candidate for mayor of Christchurch. Mayor Bob Parker also plans to stand as a candidate for mayor so Christchurch people will have a choice of two strong people. This will make the local body elections i

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Forty years ago, two Christchurch women started a safe house for women who were in violent relationships. They were surprised at the large numbers of women who needed help to escape from a violent partner. Usually the women who came for help had chil

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It is nearly two years now since the earthquake destroyed so many buildings in the Christchurch city centre and killed 183 people. In those two years, nearly 1,000 city buildings have been demolished. Only another 48 buildings are waiting to be demol

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As a result of the earthquakes in Christchurch, many families in the residential red zones have moved. Red zones are those areas where the land has been badly damaged by the earthquakes and the houses will be demolished after July. There have been bi

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First listen to April 18th 2012 to hear about the 100 day blueprint for Christchurch city. The Prime Minister, John Key, showed the plan for the new Christchurch city to the council and business people. This is the blueprint which a group of architec

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Anglican cathedral in Christchurch was badly damaged in the February 22nd earthquake. Later after-shocks have caused more damage and it is now not a safe building. Today the Bishop announced that the cathedral will be taken down, slowly, to about

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Today, the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, announced a new Head of the Christchurch city development. He is Warwick Isaacs. He has been in Christchurch since the day after the February earthquake last year, leading the demolition wo

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A cardboard cathedral will be built near the centre of Christchurch city by the end of this year. First listen to March 2nd 2012 to hear about the Christchurch cathedral in the Square. Most of the Anglican churches were very badly damaged during the

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Todd: So, Hello! Gabrielle: Hi! Todd: Can you say your name please? Gabrielle: Gabrielle: Todd: Gabrielle. Now, Gabrielle you talked to us last year. Gabrielle:That's right! Todd: And you said that you're from Christchurch? Gabrielle: Uh-huh, from Ch

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

More than 100 architects and other designers spent 48 hours designing a new Christchurch city. It was a team competition. Five zones in the central city were chosen. Each zone had three or four teams working on it. Each team had five or six people. T

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Christchurch had a number of earthquakes today. The first big one was 5.8 on the Richter scale just before 2pm. It was 20km north-east of the city and 8km deep. Then this was followed by another big one which was 6.0 on the Richter scale. This was cl

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Todd: So, Hello! Gabrielle: Hi! Todd: Can you say your name please? Gabrielle: Gabrielle: Todd: Gabrielle. Now, Gabrielle you talked to us last year. Gabrielle:That's right! Todd: And you said that you're from Christchurch? Gabrielle: Uh-huh, from Ch

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

Christchurch City Council has been unable to buy any insurance because of the risks of more earthquakes. From today, if there is another big earthquake which causes damage to underground pipes, there will be no insurance to repair them. The city has

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Christchurch had two big after-shocks today and many smaller ones. The first one, at 1 pm was 5.5. It felt very strong. Most schools closed after that and parents came to collect their primary school children. The next after-shock at 2.20 pm was 6.0.

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Christchurch City Council held a forum this weekend to ask for ideas about re-building the city after the 6.3 earthquake February 22nd. The forum was held in a large indoor stadium. Inside the entrance was some information about Christchurch city whe

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Today, Christchurch held a memorial service to remember those who died following the earthquake on February 22nd. It was a public holiday for Canterbury so that many people could attend. The service was held outdoors in Hagley Park at midday and thou

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Todd: So, Hello! 托德:你好! Gabrielle: Hi! 加布里埃尔:你好! Todd: Can you say your name please? 托德:请问你叫什么名字? Gabrielle: Gabrielle: 加布里埃尔:加布里埃尔。 Todd: Gabrielle. Now, Gabrielle you tal

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Todd: So, Hello! Gabrielle: Hi! Todd: Can you say your name please? Gabrielle: Gabrielle: Todd: Gabrielle. Now, Gabrielle you talked to us last year. Gabrielle:That's right! Todd: And you said that you're from Christchurch? Gabrielle: Uh-huh, from Ch

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